A former Santa Fe County deputy charged with killing his colleague will go back to trial this week.

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Updated: 7:41 AM MDT May 8, 2017

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WEBVTT BEDIFFERENT THIS TIME.NANCY: THIS FORMER SANTA FECOUNTY DEPUTY WILL BE IN ACOURTROOM MONDAY FACING A JURY.SOMETHING HE'S DONE BEFORE.>> THERE WAS EVER A CLEAR CASEOF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER, THIS ISIT.NANCY: THE JURY COULDN'T REACH AVERDICT IN THE FIRST TRIAL.TAI CHAN AND HIS FELLOW DEPUTYJEREMY MARTIN WERE IN LAS CRUCESIN OCTOBER 2014 TO DROP OFF APRISONER.THAT NIGHT THEY WERE AT A HOTELWHEN THEY GOT INTO A FIGHT.INVESTIGATORS SAY CHAN SHOTMARTIN IN THE BACK AFTER ADRUNKEN ARGUMENT.PROSECUTORS SAY MARTIN WASUNARMED AND RUNNING AWAY WHENCHAN OPENED FIRE.>> HE GOES INTO THE HALLWAY,SEES HIS TARGET AGAIN FLEEINGFROM HIS OWN MOUTH, FLEEING DOWNTHE HALLWAY.SHOOTS HIM.NANCY: DURING THE FIRST TRIALTHE DEFENSE MAINTAINED THESHOOTING WAS SELF DEFENSE THATMARTEN THREATENED CHAN WITH AGUN FIRST. AS FAR AS WHAT THEDEFENSE PLANS THIS NEXT GOAROUND.>> WE BEGIN THE TRIAL MONDAY ANDOF COURSE THE DEFENSE REMAINSTHAT THIS WAS A SELF DEFENSESITUATION AND THE FACT THAT WEHAD SIX JURORS VOTING WITH US INTHE FIRST TRIAL VALIDATES THATIS AN APPROPRIATE WAY TO GNANCY: ATTORNEYS FOR CHAN SAY HEWILL TAKE THE STAND AGAIN.>> HE TOOK THE STAND IN THEFIRST TRIAL AND THE JURORSAPPRECIATED WHAT HE SAID AND SOIT'S VERY LIKELY IN THIS TRIALWE'LL SEE THE SAME THING HAPPEN.NANCY: THE FIRST TRIAL LASTEDABOUT TWO WEEKS.LAWYERS FOR CHAN SAY DON'TEXPECT ANY SURPRISES, THAT BOTH

Tai Chan retrial set to begin Monday

A former Santa Fe County deputy charged with killing his colleague will go back to trial this week.